Member of the Year 2023 - Results
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2023 has come to a close - and over the course of the year, there were multiple people who made major contributions to The Coffee House, both old and new. The newbies were recognised in the Newcomer of the Year 2023 poll - but, pleasingly, several of them also won nomination to the main Member of the Year poll, so we could see how people rated their contributions against our established veterans.

In the end, the old guard won out - but only just:

Goldmedal2 1st place: Pyrite (7 votes)
Silvermedal3 2nd place: slooroo (6 votes)
Bronzemedal2 3rd place: ZandraJoi (5 votes)
=4th place: Jarkko (3 votes)
=4th place: Shiny Star (3 votes)
=6th place: Cool Cory (2 votes)
=6th place: ~ True Legend ~ (2 votes)

Congratulations to @ Pyrite on winning Member of the Year 2023! This is actually his second time winning the award: he won the very first one all the way back in 2012, but surprisingly, he hadn't won it in the 11 years since (he finished 2nd or 3rd a couple of times, but this is his first victory in over a decade). And he's certainly demonstrated his worth this year, with his contributions to intellectual topics across the board, from science to current affairs (a particular highlight being his friend's bear-related life question that he chose to share with us). But if you're after something a bit lighter, he's also started a series of detective game reviews: there are two so far, but hopefully more to come :) . All in all, a very worthy winner!

Thank you to all who nominated and voted - and, most of all, thank you to our seven nominees for their contributions to TCH over the past year (and also to those unlucky enough to miss out - because there were some great contributors who sadly didn't make it into the poll on this occasion, and I want to make sure they haven't been forgotten :) ).

Here's to an even better 2024!
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Aww I didn't get picked :thinking:

Congrats everyone :D

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Congrats to Pyrite and Zandra and thank you everyone. (Blame Kyng for why I couldn't vote for you Nilla)
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Wow, thank you all! I didn't expect I'd ever win this again, especially given how many people have contributed strongly in various ways this year. It's great that we are still having these awards go down to the wire because the member base is still as strong as it was all those years ago.

Credit to everyone on the poll, and many others who didn't make it. I particularly think that the two runners up have contributed massively - @ slooroo for being a breath of fresh air and fitting into the community like a hand in a glove, and @ ZandraJoi who has consistently sparked interesting discussions in science and mental health, and who is always showing interest in other members through Ask Me. I could keep talking about everyone else in the poll, but I don't want this to be too long.

Credit to @ Kyng and @ Nilla as well - they are the real members of the year every year because of all the effort they put into keeping TCH running!
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(This post was last modified: 01-11-2024, 08:33 PM by Shiny Star.)
Congrats @ Pyrite. It honestly is well-deserved. I always enjoy engaging in discussions with you. It’s well-deserved! I’m honoured to have lost my member of the year streak to such deserving people. ;) 

The poll was soooo close at times and looked like it could go many ways. Well done everyone who got onto the poll - your contribution to the board is so valuable.
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(01-11-2024, 06:11 PM)Pyrite Wrote: Wow, thank you all! I didn't expect I'd ever win this again, especially given how many people have contributed strongly in various ways this year. It's great that we are still having these awards go down to the wire because the member base is still as strong as it was all those years ago.

Credit to everyone on the poll, and many others who didn't make it. I particularly think that the two runners up have contributed massively - @ slooroo for being a breath of fresh air and fitting into the community like a hand in a glove, and @ ZandraJoi who has consistently sparked interesting discussions in science and mental health, and who is always showing interest in other members through Ask Me. I could keep talking about everyone else in the poll, but I don't want this to be too long.

Credit to @ Kyng and @ Nilla as well - they are the real members of the year every year because of all the effort they put into keeping TCH running!

Hand in glove? And here I thought I was more like a hammer hitting a nail or something.
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Congratulations on your victory, @ Pyrite! :)
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#8
Congratulations to all the winners here! Thank you for all who have voted for me as well.
@ slooroo Congrats to you in 2nd place :)
@ Pyrite Congrats to 1st place! I never even ventured in Abstract Ideas & General Knowledge, gotta remedy that one lol
I'll ditto what you said for @ Kyng @ Nilla for helping to keep this place active when forums are on a decline, so that we CAN have contests such as these :)
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Truly deserved win for @ Pyrite. He's made so many amazing football posts and were had lots of great convos about football on here.
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Yay, congrats!
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